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Coolade

Biography Coolade (not to be confused with later group Kool-Aid) were a young trio from Christchurch who performed in and around the local All-Ages…

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Carb on Carb

Auckland emo/pop-punk duo Nicole Gaffney and James Stuteley toured seventeen times around New Zealand and fifteen times through Australia over twelve years, releasing three LPs of mathy, heartfelt punk before calling it a day in 2024.

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Transistors

The Transistors are a garage, punk and power-pop trio from Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand, active since the late 2000s and known for a prolific run of self-released and small-label vinyl, cassette and digital recordings across more than fifteen years.

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Salad Boys

Indie pop-rock out of Christchurch based around Joe Sampson (guitar / vocals / keys / bass etc) with James Sullivan (drums) and Ben Ordering (bass) on most of their recordings. Strong on melody with big chiming guitar and unfussy rhythmic backing, their songs have a timeless quality to them - sometimes jangling, sometimes driving, and with Sampson's powerful guitar playing always ready to attack.

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BnP

Brash, noisy, post-Earthquake Christchurch group who made a bit of a splash with the 'Welcome to Mediocrity' release on local label Melted Ice Cream in 2012.